My blogging friend Fabulously Broke alerted me of Spokeo this morning.
According to their website, Spokeo is a "people" search engine that aggregates all publicly available data (including but not limited to: phone directories, social networks, marketing surveys, mailing lists, government census, real estate listings, and business websites).
While a quick name search will bring up cursory information, paid members can access even more detailed data.
I knew that after being active on social networks for years, my information would most likely be listed. What surprised me is that they had the wrong information. More specifically, their information was vastly outdated — they had me listed as still living with my parents, circa 1999! And NO, my parents' house is not worth $1...
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